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Algae

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"…the algae allows us to breathe oxygen beneath the surface for several minutes."

―Lyric^[src]

Algae was a plant that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. The plant could also be airborne^[1], where it lived on water droplets and chemical vapors floating in the atmosphere.^[2] Additionally, algae grew on objects out of water, sometimes dangling from structures in strands up to several hundred meters in length and creating virtual "forests" of algae.^[3]

1 Colors
2 Uses
3 Types of algae
4 Behind the scenes
5 Appearances
6 Sources
7 Notes and references
8 External links

ColorsEdit

"Those colors are caused by microspheres of airborne algae."

―Jacen Solo, describing Bespin's clouds^[src]

Algae ranged in colors across the spectrum, including blue,^[4] brown,^[5] green,^[6] orange,^[1] pink,^[2] and purple,^[7] and was sometimes luminescent.^[8]

UsesEdit

"The life energy distilled from concentrated banks of algae and other primitive life-forms can prevent the decay common to previous soul-captures."

―Lwothin^[src]

While it was preyed upon for sustenance by other plants and animals,^[3] some species of algae thrived in a comensal relation with other species, including the Melodies of Yavin 13, to which the plant provided life-sustaining oxygen.^[9] Furthermore, varieties such as the bestrum algae from Baralou were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,^[10] and dried algae extracts were used to create algae sugar for use in alcohol fermentation.^[11] Algae-bread was especially favored by Herglics, who also made algae ice cream.^[12]

Sometime before the P'w'eck Emancipation Movement in 28 ABY, the process of Ssi-ruuk entechment was improved upon by harvesting the life energy emitted by algae to prevent the decay of captured souls.^[13]

A more advanced form of algae could be found in the Cygnus B system. It contained a planet with oceans inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.^[14] Similarly, the planet Paulking XIV of the Corporate Sector had oceans filled with talking algae.^[15]